The Evening News (Sydney)

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The Evening News
The Evening News 6 November 1869.PNG
The Evening News, 6 November 1869
Type Daily evening newspaper
Format Tabloid
Founder(s) Samuel Bennett
Publisher Associated Newspapers
Founded29 July 1867 (1867-07-29)
LanguageEnglish
Ceased publication21 March 1931 (1931-03-21)
City Sydney
CountryAustralia
Sister newspapers

The Evening News was the first evening newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. [1] It was published from 29 July 1867 to 21 March 1931. [2] The Sunday edition was published as the Sunday News.

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History

The Evening News was founded in 1867 by Samuel Bennett [2] and was regarded as a "less serious read" than other Sydney newspapers. [3] In 1875 labour difficulties forced Bennett to merge another of his papers, The Empire into The Evening News. [1]

A. B. "Banjo" Paterson was editor from 1903 to 1908, when he resigned. [4]

In November 1918 the firm of S. Bennett Ltd, capital £200,000, was established to acquire the assets of the late Samuel Bennett, including the Evening News, Town and Country Journal, and Woman's Budget. Directors include K. L. Bennett. [5] The Evening News continued to be published until 1931 at which point it was closed by Associated Newspapers Ltd, who had acquired most Sydney newspaper titles by that time. [3] A Sunday morning edition was published as Sunday News from 1919–1930. [3]

Digitisation

The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia. [6] [7]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "The Evening News". State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 Isaacs, Victor (2003). Two hundred years of Sydney newspapers : a short history (PDF). North Richmond: Rural Press. p. 10.
  4. Clement Semmler (1988). Australian Dictionary of Biography: 'Paterson, Andrew Barton (Banjo) (1864–1941)'. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  5. "Financial". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) . No. 12323. New South Wales, Australia. 8 November 1918. p. 6. Retrieved 25 March 2024 via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  7. "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.